Kpaxs on Substack

Most of us have inherited notions of "success" from someone else or have arrived at these notions by facing a seemingly endless line of hurdles extending from grade school through college and into our careers. We constantly judge ourselves against criteria that others have set and rank ourselves against others in their game. Personal goals, on the

a set of meaningful milestones to accomplish (again, not necessarily sequential): Turn around a product/service line that is struggling Have a direct report promoted to a managerial role Solve a business challenge by collaborating with another function or group Receive a compliment that you run meetings that are actually worthwhile Deliver a major

Rocket science teaches us about our limited role in the cosmos and reminds us to be gentler and kinder to one another. We’re in this life for a momentary blip, making the briefest of stands. Let’s make that brief stand count. When you learn how to think like a rocket scientist, you won’t just change the way you view the world. You’ll be empowered t

The journey cannot end once the mission is accomplished. That’s when the real work begins. When success brings complacency—when we tell ourselves that now that we’ve discovered the New World, there’s no reason to return—we become a shadow of our former selves.